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suicide? the evidence raised has done. what really happened? january 27th on dw, the. when you think electric vehicle is using password and its list ma'am you on musk who made electric cars cool. touch those words over $700000000000.00 and is one of the largest e car manufacturers in the world. the problems that it's gig of factories around the globe are raising eyebrows. water and labor are both big issues. we looked at germany, the us and mexico and ask, is the push to drive greener vehicles fueling various crisis to use? we want to know what's the true cost of tests that tesla is known as a disruptor in the auto industry. it's giga. factories are massive compounds like here in green, high that's a sleepy village, about an hour of sites for when the facilities are designed to allow for faster and

more streamlined production as tesla ams to produce there's like the vehicles, but all this heavy manufacturing on one site means concentrated water consumption. the tesla gig of factories started in the us where the company was founded in china and auto manufacturing giant, germany, most recently, texas giga, berlin, was a big step that was basically how so saying, we're not scared down. i have is, is a managing director at what bush securities and investment bank faced in the west. i reached out to him because he's a big time task for watcher. we're going for you receive these beam that'd be here and others. and that's part of the most month, which is hard to argue with. if you look a, which been accomplished the last decade, while the logan berlin at the time was that most noted tech, no fan, just wanted an excuse to visit some of the cities most famous clubs. the location was excellent from us for many reasons. the factory was built at breakneck speed,

especially for germany, where you're a rock or c approvals and permitting to move a glacial pace. it opened its stores in 2022. germany has a long history of auto manufacturing. so one resource that has an abundance as well trained workers on top of location, smack dab in the middle of the u at the end, the day, the center of the auto industry, not just in europe, you know, many could say globally. so, bro, in made a ton of sense, as well as to, with just sticks of making cars in china and ship it in to europe, which would just go disaster. that's why per, when has been so important terms that spider web logistically getting it throughout europe as well as from a cost perspective can be significantly less down. but one resource that is not as abundant as one might think is water, which is apparently laughable to you on musk back in 2021. when he was confronted with the idea that his factory might contribute to water problems,

very blessed if that's your internet, it's so much for to look around you for the local the controller. what is the for the development? now this is completely wrong. it's like water everywhere here. this seemed like a desert to, you know, to, to somebody states. i have a to say have some, some understanding for him because so though it's so sold off um, uh, in this price. this is martin pushed his work. looks at waterway ego systems and management the bowman. how are your billing bit plan? but yeah, we have a suite 1000 dates. so if you arrive by a plan, you would see like several. well, uh, so we are rich in lakes, but we are poor as well for resources. yeah. so this seems to be covered pictorial . so despite being known for lakes and rivers, canals and streams, ground water levels, and this part of germany has been declining for years due to climate change. so even as the needs of the area are increasing water levels are sinking. and now on

the edges of the most populated city in germany, there's a mass of giga factory and that concentrated production, it also means concentrated water consumption. not to mention this area and grew and height a is actually in a water protection zone. and there's another problem, the kind of soil that exists in this part of the country, which is really sandy and almost like a sieve. while it allows rain water to quickly reach aqua furs. the sandy soil also makes it easy for pollutants to drain down and contaminate drinking water. in case such point attends would to the ends of the excess a. it could be that's a spoiled and make an use of both of drinking water purposes. especially as most part it tends to kind of be about say, but the bottle to all micro ability degrades. sense the completion of the factory, there's been intense scrutiny. german magazine stan reported about a battery accident starting a fire and contaminated water seeping into the ground. or in 2023,

the magazine also reported about and then legal filling station that week, 250 leaders of diesel quote, uncontrollably. these are just a few of the reported instances. authorities also seem slow to criticize the company and only for these cases involving many different chemicals of state environmental authorities, ordered soil samples to be taken. but is this simply a culture clash between an american company and german bureaucracy? so the classical american approach, so oh, i'm a, i'm out of the set, the law. i'm going westwards. i'm using uh, an area and yeah, and then if i've, i've been using it then i move, solve up to a swelled up. so this is of is not possible sense or your so be our limits in space . yeah. you have to deal with the more carefully but so the space and the resources . and that's why we have these sort of typically, um, yeah, freights medical regulations. it would only be fair to mention that the 1st company to build a factory and a water protection area in germany was mercedes benz, about

a half an hour away from the tesla site. but it's not just a us 1st germany issue around the world. the customer has a rocky history with environmental regulations. the l. a times reported about fines for a california facility amounting to $275000.00 from the federal environmental protection agency. it's not only environmental issues at the various tests of factories have in common, but also building in areas with water problems from the phone um, which is to worldwide known for the problems takes us the same um and also in china and young, you know, some higher even there is, let's say, you know what, the volume of the quantity is so bad that, uh, do you all know that the difference of visual drinking lots of the out the, let's look on the other side of the us border test was currently planning to build another dig a factory here and the state is more heavily on mexico. that plant could open in

the coming years. but one big problem in february 2020 to the state where that facility will be located, declared a state of emergency due to the drought. there were 2 of the 3 dams that supply the metropolis of monterey recording, historically little levels. but as of now, justices is still moving forward with the facility in web only on the next it goes in for him because of the low cost. sure, a chip reduce what i believe will be a sub $30000.00 vehicle. next goods, really the only choice and that's why we just degree where it is relative to us and makes it a ton of sense. this area outside of monterey, like the area outside of berlin, has an existing automotive sector with companies that supply american manufacturers like this one. the company key is already operating in the state for example. so tesla could also be looking to court talent and take advantage of the infrastructure already in place. 80 percent of the ex postal adult industry goes to the united states and he is around $15000000000.00 us

dollars per year of a production and exports of out the pots and some products and a beatrice. then, well, montoya heads the automotive cluster as well, leon, and in comparison with, with mexico, a noble young is one of the main estates that for the uses a car setting of the box. montoya says water concerns are quote, challenging for existing companies. the points to new plans on the horizon and already in the works. the governor of the level we own and build a $1250000000.00 investment plan designed to ensure the states water supply through 2050 to invest and water infrastructure like new pipelines and a new damn. there's more water coming to the city and the state governments on the, on the, however, the plan for the next 20 years to, to supply that,

what are the, not only that companies propose for the population with needs for the next 20 but nearly 5000000 people live in metro area, monterey, there has already been water supply rationing and recent years. with media reporting that some water truck delivery drivers have even been threatened with kidnapping in a time or climate change is adding even more stress here in germany. tesla's environmental record is raising concerns of them. activist environmental is always been a push pull for tests so that they need to navigate. clearly the green need churn terms, going to extra vehicle july, right, or spotlight. but it's a work in progress. so how do these brace, engine planned build ups the into the global test strategy? the plan facility and mexico and the giga factory build up in germany will help us look, compete on costs, even us traditional carmakers turn to use. and while chinese companies like b y, d start to ramp up outside of china. but let's look

a global sales test when they have brand recognition, especially in the west. the china is gaming with b y, d, making massive strides in 2022. their sales more than tripled compared to 2021 and with german carmakers dw lagging behind in 3rd place. you id. they continue to compete with for maybe a global share perspective. but when you think electric vehicles, you think tasa, and that's been a big part of their success. right now it's still test is world everyone else is paying rent relative to globally. now to dublin, down on that. that's why germany, what they've done to giga berlin's shown works. so not only are germans and americans making tests was they're buying them to over half a 1000000 were bought in the us last year. but another big buyer is sweden. so in these countries where tesla's are parts for the cars are made or serviced,

there is on the rest, like in sweden where workers are protesting. swedish tests of mechanics have blocked off the job, though their number is small, the movement has sparked solidarity efforts across not only sweden, but also denmark. dock workers are refusing to unload test flows and for weeks the postal service refused to testify. deliveries. the swedish mechanics want the company to sign a collective bargaining agreement, which would let them negotiate for higher wages, pensions, and the like. workers' rights are an issue in germany to german media has reported numerous concerns among giga, berlin, employees, about working conditions. from the usa, especially from the c o, probably comes a lot of pressure to, to deliver numbers to the, to could use cos and to sell those costs. and yeah, and in the end to provide the numbers for the sale. what else? right. so, so that the stock goes up and so you can buy in of a way to or whatever you want to go. not, hey, man is

a member of the id metal union in germany and was employed by tesla muscle company has so far, blocked unionization, that it's factories, but it works. council is in place. i get factory, berlin of the non union nature. it's been part of the success of the past. i've been there not. i wouldn't say i have the overhanging that some of these other automakers have by having meaning. and that's really how much built it. and i don't see that changing the time change by you a that'd be and others that will go after him. but the going to be of the different job. and that's been a big part of their success being non union. we wanted to know what did the people who live in and near good how to think about the factory and the working conditions . if you get a lot of people in really quickly, it's kind of be a stress for everybody. oh it's, it is difficult. i mean, but i do think that it's like, do you think problems step soul be sold in the future? yeah, i haven't been there. that's i didn't talk cock long and full of honda. 0 for that,

isn't you, can you i in the how to protest i offer to the and so forth with all of your players least 6. i'll go way out on the smaller, it's a driving test. one made a world wide offset, around 12 and a half $1000000000.20. but what is the true cost of buying one of these futuristic cool all electric vehicles? well, hosting a giga factory brings jobs, but also working conditions that can lead to injuries like here in germany and a factory was such a large footprint can also stream local resources and make regions experiencing drought face, even greater limitations. we did reach out to tests left for interviews and for comment. they did not respond to those requests, tests what has been an innovator for years. so there's still room to improve. and water usage or working conditions could actually be another frontier that this american company confidently and strides into these are the

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